Method of attaching fence-wires.



W. E. AMBERG.

METHOD OF ATTACHING FENCE WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21. 1917.

1,278,413. Pat-entedSept.10,1918.

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WALTER E. .elvrimae, or CHTCAGO, ILLINOIS, 'ASSIGNORTO cIri'oAGo STEEL 'ros'r ea,

or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

METHOD or h riirhornikie Femawntas.

Specification of Letter s iatent.

l atented -Sept. 16,1918.

Original esteem-airmensemesters, ists, serial No. 118,984. Iiiti'eedaaa'thisais iieatien fil'et z'riine '21,

191%. "Seria1No.176,035.

Be it known that I, VVALTER Anette, a citizen of the United States, residingat'Ohica-go, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, "have invented a certain new and useful Method of Attaching Fence-Wire's,=or which the following -isa specification.

This invention relates to a process of attaching wire fencing and similar structure to its supporting means and is exemplified by the steps of the operation described in the following 1 Specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and it is more particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

This application is division of my prior application Serial No. 118,984 filedSepten'I- ber 8th,;1916.

In the drawing, Figure l is a plan view and Fig. 2 a side elevation of one formof tool which may be used in carrying out the present invention; and Fig. 3 "illustrates one manner in which thefinvention may be performed by theaidof the tool shown in Figs. 1 and'2. v t

In modern fence building metal "posts made of angle bars of steel or iron have come into extensive use, but one difheulty hashr'e'tofOre been experienced in connection with such postsand that is the difficulty'of securing the 'fencing'to the post by an operation sufficiently simple tolcomni'end itself to fence builder's. Previously, where wooden posts were used, it was only necessary to place a staple astride the wire and drive it into place with a hammer. This is an opera tion which a single person can perform Without any great difficulty and Without previous training; It is, of course, impossible to fasten the wire to a metal post in this manner and a great many attaching devices have been devised for use in connection with such posts the majority of which have required an elaborate operation to secure them in their connection with the post and wire. In the present invention I employ the usual form of staple to which fence builders are accustomed and place it astride the wire in the manner used in con nection with wooden posts. The metal post, such as is shown at 1 in the drawing, is provided with an opening 2 through one of its webs which is preferably, although not necessarily, of an elongated shape. The wire 3 is brought opposite one of these openings and the staple is then placed astride the wire ts prongs 4 are inserted through the opening. To complete the process of siscuring the wire place, I then preferably wedge shaped as indicated at 10 for Spreading'the pron-gs 4: of thestaple ifthis is found necessary, but ordinarily this is not required. After 'thestap'le is in place "with the rongs 4 protruding through the o ening 2, the gripping portion -7 of the tool 5 is placed over one of the prongs 4, as shown inFig. 8, and the toe-1 moved into the dotted position indicatedin that figure. The curved portion 9 "permits the tool to roll easily against the surfaceof "the post into the position shown in broken lines. This movement "bends the prong 4 of the stable into the shape of an arc and bringsth'e point'o'f the prong against the surface of the post opposite that to which the wire is being secured. After one of the prongs has been bent in the manner described, the 'tool is removed and applied to thesecond prong which i s the'n bent in a similar manner in "the opposite direction. In applyingthe tool to the stapleprong, the beet 'resuas areobtained if-it is notheld'too close to the post at the beginning of the movement o'fthe tool, in order that 'th'estm "pie may not be drawn so tightly against the wlre as to prevent free movement of the wire through the staple during expansion and contraction. When both prongs of the staple have been bent, the fastener will appear as indicated at the lower portion of Fig. 3. It will be noted that the sharp ends of the staple are both bent into contact with the surface of the post so that it is impossible for them to inflict injury on animals or persons. Where oblong openings are used the staple is prevented from rotating in the opening by the walls thereof. Where circular openings are employed the same result is secured by the fact that the staple is placed astride of the fence wire. If the staple should rotate somewhat in its opening, the ends'of the prongs l will neverthebeing passed through the opening in the post are too close together to permit the easy operation of the tool, the prongs may be slightly spread before the head 7 of the tool is applied to them.

It will be understood that although I have described the bestmethod now known to me for carrying out my invention, the essential features of the invention may be performed without following all the details-included in this description.

The tool shown and described is a convenient one for performing the steps of this invention, but it will be readily understood that other tools may be used for this purpose.

I claim:

1. The method of securing fencing to a support therefor which consists in passing the prongs of a bifurcated staple astride a strand of said fencing and through an opening in said support, grasping the protruding ends of said prongs and bending said ends to clench the same while maintaining tension thereon to hold the staple in place.

2. The method of securing fencing to a support which comprises placing an ordinary U-shaped staple astride a strand of wire, passing the prongs of said staple through an opening in said support and bending the prongs of said staple backwardly upon themselves about a forming bar held between the portion of said staple being bent and the fence Wire support.

3. The method of securing fencing to a support which comprises placing a U-shaped staple astride a strand of wire tobe secured, passing the prongs of said staple through an opening in said support for the said wire,

successively engaging the projecting prongs of said staple between the sides of av bifurcated stapling tool and operating said tool to bend said prongs about a portion of said tool held between the prong being bent and the surface of said support to impart arcshaped curves to said prongs and to bring the ends of said prongs into contact with the surface of said support opposite the wire engaging portion of said staple.

4. The process of securing fence wire to a support therefor comprising the steps of engaging the wire by means of a securing device having a prong thereon, passing the prong through an opening in the support, grasping the portion of the prong extending through said opening and bending said prong into a curved form to bring the end thereof adjacent the surface of said support opposite the Wire engaging portion.

5. The process of securing fencing to a support comprising the steps of engaging the fencing by means of a securing device having a prong thereon, passing the prong through an opening in said support, grasping the projecting portion of said prong and bending said portion about a member held between said prong and said support in a manner to exert tension on said prong tending to draw it through said support.

' 6. The method of securing fencing to a. support therefor which consists in passing the prongs of a bifurcated staple astride a.

strand of said fencing and through an WALTER E. AMBERG.

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